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Zusatztext This is a great book! Stephen Black gives voice to under schooled working-class adults on the shop floor and in a variety of educational settings. It provides a window into their individual and collective experiences as they grapple with diverse literacy demands—often in unexpected ways. A must read for scholars, literacy practitioners, and adult education program developers. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Black is a Research Fellow in the School of Education, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Klappentext Adopting a 'social practice' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives. Vorwort Explores the politics of literacy and how dominant constructions of literacy can be used to oppress working-class people. Zusammenfassung Explores the politics of literacy and how dominant constructions of literacy can be used to oppress working-class people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series ForewordAbbreviations 1. Literacy, Politics and Working-Class Adults 2. Prisoners and Literacy 3. Long-Term Unemployed People and Literacy 4. Local Council Workers and Literacy 5. Production Workers and Literacy 6. Adult Literacy Students and Literacy 7. Marginalised Young People and Literacy 8. Vocational Education and Training Students and Literacy 9. Diabetes Patients and Literacy 10. Countering DeficitReferencesIndex...
